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About the film

In a rigid, male-dominant society, a young boy struggles to come to terms with the hierarchy in the domestic sphere and finds solace in his best friend's arms, only to see it get snatched away from him.

Filmmaker's Statement

The oppression of patriarchy spreads far beyond affecting any one gender and often finds echoes in ideas of male sexuality itself. The short film foregrounds the same point through its engagement with homosexuality in rural India. It is supposed to present the viewer with a poignant narrative. A boy grapples to ascertain his equation with his brute of a father who is cruel to him as well as his mother. Simultaneously, he finds comfort in a lover and best friend. However, since the relationship does not subscribe to a heteronormative idea of gender and sexuality, it is doomed to meet an ugly end. The film also attempts and succeeds at a moving portrayal of homosexuality in a small village where the monolithic idea of masculinity reigns free. The visuals are further imbued with gravity and stillness that serve to make the narrative deeper.

About the director

Ribhu Ghosh worked as a corporate film-maker for firms such as Suez India before going to Mumbai as an Assistant Director and in the Creative Team for Sanjay Dutt Productions. He kept working on his own short films simultaneously throughout this period. Currently, he is pursuing his Master’s in film directing in one of the most reputed film schools in the world, Famu, Prague.